19 March 2015
The critics are right, this is British India’s best release. The lyrics are cleaner, as the producer encouraged lead singer Declan Melia to aim for perfection, the instrumentals are often quite complicated especially in ‘Suddenly’ and all the songs on the album compliment each other perfectly.
19 March 2015
If you’re an avid listener of the indie pop-rock genre, Ball Park Music is a band you’re likely all too familiar with. The Brisbane band have come leaps and bounds in their seven years of playing shows and writing music, having developed three albums, self producing their third, and planning to do the same with their fourth – of which they’ve already began writing.
19 March 2015
After mixing the new Ultra Dance 2015 compilation, Melbourne-based DJ Samual James is establishing himself as one of the country’s biggest artists to look out for. Describing the opportunity to mix the soundtrack alongside fellow Aussie DJ Will Sparks as “out of the blue”, Samual lists Ultra as the record label that “I really wanted to work with pretty much since I started”.
19 March 2015
While Australia is seen as the golden country for many, for Melbourne rock band Bellusira the States is where they’re making a name for themselves in the industry. “We’d only been there eight months and we’d got a record deal. It just goes to show there’s so much more opportunity for our genre of music over there.
19 March 2015
What used to be an unused garage has now been turned into a quaint and cosy coffee shop. Enter through the aged blue door and you’ll find a clean interior with glossy white tiles on the far wall, white brick lining the walls and intimate seating arrangements each with a wood finished table.
19 March 2015
Vika Bull has enjoyed an extraordinary career. Although she is probably best known for creating unforgettable harmonies alongside her sister Linda as part of The Black Sorrows, she has been making waves in the Australian music industry for almost 30 years. “I’ve been very lucky in my life – we’ve done some amazing things,” she smiles.
19 March 2015
Things are about to get real for the Sydney based DJ and producer. Her album is due out in a day and she’s certainly feeling it. “I’m excited but I’m really nervous,” she adds with a quick grimace. “I dunno, it’s an album, it’s my album!”
19 March 2015
“All it is booking a flight and making the decision to go – that’s as simple as it is. I think it was exciting because I was running away from, I don’t even know what I was running away from really, I guess running away from comfort,” Marta says. What started with the move from the outer suburbs of Canberra to the bustle of Melbourne, Marta soon escalated things with relocating to Toronto, Canada and New York for three years respectively.
19 March 2015
Tony Joe White is a man that needs no introduction. Over the past six decades he has become a legend of the blues guitar, revolutionising the swamp rock sound and influencing countless number of players along the way. Having grown up on the music of TJW, it was quite a moment to be able to sit down and chat to the man himself as he sat in his hotel room in Sydney on the Monday of the Labour Day weekend.
19 March 2015
It’s 9am in the UK and Frank Turner couldn’t be more awake. Frank Turner is a man who likes to keep himself busy, between launching his new book, rehearsing for a tour and performing various DJ sets, he managed to fit me into his schedule to talk about his upcoming tour of Australia.
18 March 2015
Due to overwhelming demand, Darren Coggan will return for national encore performances of his critically acclaimed portrait of Cat Stevens…
16 March 2015
Ten years ago a relatively unknown band from Perth pooled their resources together and created their debut album, Themata. The band was Karnivool and now they’re bigger than ever touring the world to filled out venues.
15 March 2015
Reading the back story to Five Mile Sniper’s new album and it’s hard to know what to think, “The Sound Of Trees is a euphemism for the decaying natural world we’ve inherited that has no voice – a cry for help that cannot be heard. It conveys moments of optimism with an undertone of loss.” It could go one of two ways; luckily it took the better option.
13 March 2015
Rites Of Passage is the largest tattoo event in the Southern Hemisphere and will run for three days over Anzac…
11 March 2015
The days of posing in front of the mirror and attempting to remove your underwear – pants intact – are back. It’s been almost 14 years since we’ve seen the infamous blue steel, the magnum, the le tigre, but they’re making a comeback in the Zoolander 2 sequel.
11 March 2015
Simply getting feature album on triple j pretty much cemented the Dorsal Fins new album Mind Renovation to do well, and it seems more just that it’s actually a decent release. ‘Nothing Left to Hide’ crushes hearts in its treat em’ mean keep em’ keen mentality, but hold your breath for ‘Monday Tuesday’ where the vocals mend the broken spirits of before.
10 March 2015
There are certain words in life that simply roll of the tongue, and for Alabama Shakes, somehow their whole sophomore album is a smooth and soulful affair that does just that. ‘Don’t Wanna Fight’ – which you may have heard on the radio by now – is an edgier track with guitar riffs and squealing vocals opening the song.
10 March 2015
When you think back over the best sitcoms of all time, what tends to come to mind: wacky comedy situations or wacky comedy characters? Sadly my mind reading powers aren’t what they used to be, but it’s a fairly safe guess that characters came first.
10 March 2015
Stereotypically, university is meant to be one of the most adventurous and excitingly wonderful times of your life. I hate to burst that bubble, but in reality, it mostly consists of lectures and last minute cramming to get assignments in on time. Which is why it can get very repetitive and mundane very quickly, especially if you don’t find ways to shake things up.
10 March 2015
It’s not every day that Geelong gets a visit from a big name Australian artist, however last week we were lucky enough to have our very own Angus and Julia Stone visit. The brother-sister folk-blues duo made a quick stop off to Geelong’s very own Costa Hall, and I was lucky enough to witness their performance for the first time.
10 March 2015
Canadian fuzzy slacker pop trio, The Courtneys have just dropped the video clip to their ‘Lost Boys/Mars Attacks’ 7-inch alt A-side banger, ‘Mars Attacks’. Drawing on 1996 sci fi-comedy of the same name – Mars Attacks proceeds in typically Courtneys fashion.
9 March 2015
OK, so here’s the deal, I really, really like Spider-Man. I mean, who doesn’t love New York’s best superhero? He’s been one of the most relatable heroes for young people for a long time now – the whole life-hero balance, maintaining a secret identity and dealing out a healthy dose of sarcasm-laced humour and wisecracks when battling the worst villains Manhattan can throw at him.
8 March 2015
The explosive relationship between Pete Doherty and Carl Barat is one that has kept The Libertines interesting even though their musical output has been quite limited over the past couple of years. Carl Barat has announced his new band The Jackals and last week they released their debut album entitled Let It Reign.
8 March 2015
Burgers and music, could it be anything else? American band Sleater-Kinney, comprised of Carrie Brownstein, Janet Weiss and Corin Tucker, have been Bob’s Burgers-ified in their new clip ‘A New Wave’. We can’t think of anything better than taking on a 2D form and totally rocking out.
